There are a large amount of people probably interested in getting rid of their dial up internet connection.  They might be interested in therefore getting a T1 connection.  A T1 connection is a great way to communicate quickly and with efficiency.  If you are getting a T1 connection, you should keep in mind that byte is the base unit of data volume measurement, from which larger sums are built upon such as kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes and so on. VoIP technology typically uses hundreds or thousands of bytes within seconds for a conversation to occur.

Keep in mind that backbone refers to the high capacity internet infrastructure that typically connects major service providers such as your web hosting provider or internet service provider. Internet service providers with a large backbone connection offer better potential for a reliable VoIP connection.

Compression gathers the data so that you can store or transmit more of it in a given confinement. Compression takes data and makes it smaller typically by performing an algorithm against it that better optimizes how the information is stored or transmitted, or by strategically removing unnecessary data.  VoIP relies heavily on compression, because the audio it transmits between the two callers would require far too much information to be sent without it first being compressed.

Additionally, cable is a type of internet connection that is used almost exclusively in residential environments. Cable uses the data transmission capacity of commonly available television coax cable to provide broadband internet connectivity. Cable internet bandwidth is typically measured in MB. VoIP is commonly used over cable internet connections.

It is good to know that VoIP has its own variety of acronyms and technical terms to describe its various aspects. Our VoIP glossary contains all of the most commonly used and most important terms that you may encounter when reading or hearing about VoIP services or products. These are listed as follows.

One example of a LAN would be a home with a computer in each bedroom, networked together to share resources such as printers, hard drive storage, etc. Many homes and offices that use VoIP are in fact LAN's as there are more than one computer networked together within that building or space. For example: Our LAN is comprised of 5 computers, a printer and a scanner.

Keep in mind that bandwidth is the maximum amount of data that can be transferred by a connection. VoIP is related to this term because the more bandwidth your internet connection has, the more reliable your VoIP connect can potentially be.